Research Universities and Academic Renaissance in the Global South
Lessons from Bangladesh
Published on 24. April 2025
Book
Hardback
376 pages
978-90-04-72440-2 (ISBN)
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This book explores how, through continuous innovation, solving challenging problems, and transforming outmoded thinking, knowledge opens up limitless opportunities while providing asymmetric strength to those (individuals, institutions, and nations) who possess it. From a global perspective, such asymmetries create dependencies and perpetuate the West's colonial aspirations, enabling it to exert influence and exact a heavy price. This volume contends that the Global South must develop its own countervailing knowledge assets, best expressed through establishing a few high-quality research universities at the outset, embedded in a carefully nurtured ecosystem and a strong research culture that values curiosity, creativity and commitment. The state of Bangladesh's universities provides a canvas to examine the challenges facing research in the region that developing nations can address creatively to expedite building a knowledge edifice for self-reliance and national pride.
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English
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Leiden
Netherlands
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Professional and scholarly
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Laminated cover
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Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
704 gr
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978-90-04-72440-2 (9789004724402)
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Research Universities and Academic Renaissance in the Global South
Lessons from Bangladesh
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Syed Saad Andaleeb, Ph.D. (1989), Business Administration, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University (and former Vice Chancellor, BRAC University). His publications blend transactions cost analysis, resource dependence theory, service delivery, and social exchange theory, including a book: Strategic Marketing Management in Asia (Emerald, 2016).
Content
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
1 Setting the Stage
?1 The Race to the Top (R3T)
?2 Global Knowledge Production: Two Theoretical Lenses
?3 Contextualizing Research
?4 The Research University
2 The Changing Research Landscape in Asia
?1 Rise of the Asian Research Universities
?2 Ranking Systems: Emergence and Rationale
?3 A Word about Rankings
?4 Pathways to World Class University Status in Asia
?5 Lessons from the Region
3 Research Challenges in Bangladesh's Universities
?1 The Disconnect between Research and National Development
?2 Research Challenges: Views of the Faculty
?3 Problems of Student Researchers
?4 Stepping Up
4 Structural Considerations
?1 External Structural Factors
?2 Internal Structural Factors
?3 Summing Up
5 The Macro Environment of Research Universities
?1 Culture
?2 Ideological Influences
?3 Political Environment
?4 Economic Environment
?5 Legal Environment
?6 Social Demand for Knowledge
?7 Technological Environment
6 The External Control of Research Universities
?1 The Political Establishment
?2 The Policy and Planning Body
?3 The Ministry of Education
?4 Regulatory Bodies
?5 The New Intermediaries
?6 Coordinating Research: The National Research Council
7 Building Networks and Alliances
?1 Role of Industry in Knowledge Generation
?2 Collaboration among Scholars and Institutions: Building Learning Communities
?3 The Role of the Academic Diaspora
?4 Students and Alumni as Partners
?5 Sustaining Partnerships
8 Governance in the Research University
?1 A Managerial Framework: The 7 Ps
?2 Leadership
?3 Building a Culture of Research
?4 Managing Faculty Resources
?5 Administration for Research
?6 Autonomy and Academic Freedom
9 Quality Assurance of Research
?1 Quality of Research
?2 Quality Assurance of Research
?3 Quality Assurance of Publication and Dissemination
?4 IRB: Institutional Review Board
?5 Plagiarism Policy
?6 Intellectual Property Policy
10 Reflections
?1 Baseline Readiness
?2 Priorities for a Restart
?3 Ground Level Imperatives
?4 Closing Thoughts
Appendix A: Carnegie Classification
Appendix B: WHO Guidelines: Quality Assurance Plan for Research
Appendix C: The Belmont Report
Appendix D: BRAC University Plagiarism Policy
Appendix E: Intellectual Property Rights
Appendix F: Office of Research Administration Services Org Chart (2024-09-02).pdf
Appendix G: What Academic Freedom Is or Is Not
Index
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
1 Setting the Stage
?1 The Race to the Top (R3T)
?2 Global Knowledge Production: Two Theoretical Lenses
?3 Contextualizing Research
?4 The Research University
2 The Changing Research Landscape in Asia
?1 Rise of the Asian Research Universities
?2 Ranking Systems: Emergence and Rationale
?3 A Word about Rankings
?4 Pathways to World Class University Status in Asia
?5 Lessons from the Region
3 Research Challenges in Bangladesh's Universities
?1 The Disconnect between Research and National Development
?2 Research Challenges: Views of the Faculty
?3 Problems of Student Researchers
?4 Stepping Up
4 Structural Considerations
?1 External Structural Factors
?2 Internal Structural Factors
?3 Summing Up
5 The Macro Environment of Research Universities
?1 Culture
?2 Ideological Influences
?3 Political Environment
?4 Economic Environment
?5 Legal Environment
?6 Social Demand for Knowledge
?7 Technological Environment
6 The External Control of Research Universities
?1 The Political Establishment
?2 The Policy and Planning Body
?3 The Ministry of Education
?4 Regulatory Bodies
?5 The New Intermediaries
?6 Coordinating Research: The National Research Council
7 Building Networks and Alliances
?1 Role of Industry in Knowledge Generation
?2 Collaboration among Scholars and Institutions: Building Learning Communities
?3 The Role of the Academic Diaspora
?4 Students and Alumni as Partners
?5 Sustaining Partnerships
8 Governance in the Research University
?1 A Managerial Framework: The 7 Ps
?2 Leadership
?3 Building a Culture of Research
?4 Managing Faculty Resources
?5 Administration for Research
?6 Autonomy and Academic Freedom
9 Quality Assurance of Research
?1 Quality of Research
?2 Quality Assurance of Research
?3 Quality Assurance of Publication and Dissemination
?4 IRB: Institutional Review Board
?5 Plagiarism Policy
?6 Intellectual Property Policy
10 Reflections
?1 Baseline Readiness
?2 Priorities for a Restart
?3 Ground Level Imperatives
?4 Closing Thoughts
Appendix A: Carnegie Classification
Appendix B: WHO Guidelines: Quality Assurance Plan for Research
Appendix C: The Belmont Report
Appendix D: BRAC University Plagiarism Policy
Appendix E: Intellectual Property Rights
Appendix F: Office of Research Administration Services Org Chart (2024-09-02).pdf
Appendix G: What Academic Freedom Is or Is Not
Index